Monday, 12 September 2016

Hmm ... interesting! Just after I turned 30 I started to keep a list of things that I did for the first time. It was fun to keep and had some wacky things on it. I still have the list somewhere! These days, every so often, I will do something and realise that I had never done it before.

I really can't think of anything recently. So I've hunted the list of things I did for the first time since I was 30, so that you can have a laugh!

Bought a brand new dress (not one from an Op Shop)

Jumped on a Bouncy Castle

Gone to Kinder (I was working there, but I never went as a child)

Bought 3 pairs of shoes at once

Eaten waffles

Had a Humpty Dumpty Egg for Easter (you know the ones with Smarties inside)

Attended an International Sporting Event (Champions Trophy for Hockey)

Eaten duck

Watched the same TV series in it's entirety twice in one year (The West Wing)

Monday, 5 September 2016

I know I haven't done these for a few weeks. I just didn't feel like doing it. But I'm going to try to do a few while I do this one and schedule them so that you don't miss out on the fun. We all go through seasons of things, and some times of the year are harder than others. This is one of my hard times.

Learning doesn't stop just because we finish school and university. There is learning that happens everyday whether we realise it or not.

What's something you learnt this week?

I have learned that mental strain can manifest itself physically, There was a particularly hard decision to make at work that could result in some serious consequences for somebody else. The stress of the decision and the questioning whether or not I made the right decision has resulted in physical illness for me. Maybe I would have got sick anyway, I don't know, but the timing is significant.

This was on top of what is always, for me, a difficult time of the year as I remember loved ones who I have lost. There are some weeks where you just wish you could go to sleep and wake up when they are over - this past week is one of those for me.

Saturday, 3 September 2016

Since my last update I have figured out the last books that I needed for this challenge and read all but one of them.

A -Anne of Green Gables by L M MontgomeryB - Before Green Gables by Budge WilsonC - Crime Scene Jerusalem By Alton GanskyD - The Director's Cut by Janice ThompsonE - Every Storm by Lori WickF - Falling Like Snowflakes by Denise HunterG - Greetings From the Flipside by Rene Gutteridge and Cheryl McKayH - A House Divided by Robert WhitlowI - In Harm's Way by Irene HannonJ - Jennifer by Dee HendersonK - Kilmeny of the Orchard by L. M. MontgomeryL - Lethal Beauty by Lis WiehlM - A Murder Among Friends by Ramona RichardsN - Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island (Lonely Planet Guide)O - One More Wish by Robin Jones GunnP - The Pounamu Prophecy by Cindy WilliamsQ - The Quilt by T Davis BunnR - Rest Assured by Vicki CourtneyS - Seaside Blessings by Irene HannonT - Twice Stolen by Susanne TimpaniU - Undetected by Dee HendersonW - Water's Edge by Robert WhitlowX - XXIII Olympic Games: The Official Pictorial History, Los AngelesY - You Are Special by Max LucadoZ - Zen Doodle Unleashed by Tiffany LoveringSo that leaves me with just one more book for the challenge!! I won't be reading this one for a little while because it is a Christmas book.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I've finished the Anne series and started on the last 4 books for this challenge. I'm still not sure what the final book will be, although I may just count one that I read earlier in the year.Since my last post I have read: